Super Robot Wars Portable announced

by Nick Doerr { Feb 2nd 2008 at 3:00PM }

It's time for Japan and importers to get their mecha on. Super Robot Wars A has been announced for the PSP, courtesy of everyone's favorite developer, Banpresto. Not your favorite? You don't count. If you're unfamiliar with the franchise, imagine a game where you could pick any of dozens of gigantic mechas from different anime, games, or whatever and see who is, after all, the most super of robots?

The game, originating on the old Game Boy in 1991, brought about a tactical role-playing style weaving in multiple storylines that are too complex for us to get into -- mostly because we don't understand Japanese. Importers should note, however, the menu system for the games are always simple enough for non-Japanese speaking players to understand. So when it releases in mid-June, don't be afraid to get your hands on this one.

Tags: banpresto, super-robot-wars-a

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Hashbrown_Hunter @ Feb 2nd 2008 3:22PM

I started laughing when I saw the headline.

Tokamaru @ Feb 2nd 2008 8:24PM

Ok, this is good news for me, I love this series, is one of my favorites games ever, althought I don't understand the language, I've been play almost all of the sagas 10 years ago, so I had a way to know what I'm doing, hehe. Again, excellent news.

Matt @ Feb 3rd 2008 8:34AM

what do you like about it? I love the way these games look but can never get into them. it seems like they come out once a month for ps2. I would like to try it but afraid to waste my money. enlighten me!

Beelzemon @ Feb 3rd 2008 11:28AM

A port of SRT A, Great!

But, I would like something original too...

I'll wait ;)

cafecito @ Feb 3rd 2008 11:37AM

It's a frikin' great grid-based SRPG series; plays just like FFT or Disgaea. Its appeal may come mostly from the Robots and characters from many anime series it always carries, and the great care put into special attack animations and stuff. Sadly, none of these games has ever made it to the US... guess because of licensing issues.

Still... Since they'll never localize this game, the Japanese version should include an english option... I'm pretty sure there's a lot of importers out there for this games.

Matt @ Feb 4th 2008 7:58AM

thanks for the description. I will give it a shot. there was one called scramble 2nd that has this sweet shogun warrior from way back that you could play as. I would prefer the "Virtual On" style game but I really never tried the strategy type so I should try.